Xi, in South Korea to meet Trump on the sidelines of the APEC summit, presented the pair of smartphones to Korean President Lee Jae Myung.

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SEOUL: Xi Jinping joked about spying on South Korea’s president as he gifted him a pair of smartphones, telling him to “check if there is a backdoor” in a rare jest from the…